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A new architecture for functional grammar / edited by J. Lachlan Mackenzie, María de los Angeles Gómez-González. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2004. - 1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) : illustrations. - Functional grammar series ; 24 . - Functional grammar series ; 24. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Architecture of a Functional DiscourseGrammar; Functional Grammar from its inception; Behind the scenes: Cognition and FunctionalDiscourse Grammar; The Question of Discourse Representation inFunctional Discourse Grammar; Focus of attention in discourse; The complementarity of the process and patterninterpretations of Functional Grammar; Functional Discourse Grammar and languageproduction; Comment clauses, Functional DiscourseGrammar and the grammar-discourse interface; Functional Grammar and the dynamics ofdiscourse.

This volume attempts to offer a new architecture for functional grammar, bringing together many contemporary discoveries. In a core article by Kees Hengeveld, a background is given to a dozen contributions by an international array of scholars, each of whom further develops the model.

ISBN: 9783110197112 (electronic bk.) 3110197111 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Functional discourse grammar.
Analyse fonctionnelle du discours.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
Functional discourse grammar.
Functionele grammatica.
Discourse analysis.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P147 / .N478 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 401/.1/8